It can mean purple, darkening of the skin by a blow. In Ecuador it is the common name of a kind of palm tree. In Colombia we call him moriche, canangucha or chomiya and his whole is called Morichal. It belongs to the species Mauritia flexuosa and the family Arecaceae. It is very common in Colombia, Venezuela and much of South America. It also receives other names: watering in Peru and murití or burití in Brazil.
